West Virginia voters elect first out transgender official to Wheeling City Council
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metroweekly.comThe Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register. She will fill the seat currently occupied by Councilwoman Melinda Koslik, who did not run for re-election, and will represent the neighborhoods of Mozart, South Wheeling, Center Wheeling, and East Wheeling.
Ketchum, an East Wheeling resident and community organizer who works as a mental health professional at NAMI Greater Wheeling, focused her campaign on addressing the issues of poverty, addiction, vacant properties, and projects to fix the city’s aging infrastructure and improve the conditions of local roads.Currently, there are only 26 trans elected officials serving anywhere in the nation, and, next month, when Ketchum takes office, she will be only the fourth out LGBTQ official elected to any.
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